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So there's something like 260+ million [1] vehicles registered here in 2015. That 250k number seems like an impossibly high percentage of people that have given

• LeifCarrotson 9y ago
  0.1% is large, but not impossibly large.
• ggg9990 9y ago
  Why is 1 in 1000 too high? I used to recommend that new San Francisco residents keep a car if they could afford to. I no longer make that recommendation. Even my suburban parents decided against a second car because of Uber.
• ghaff 9y ago
  I don't know if it's true or not but it seems at least plausible. I can easily believe that Uber/Lyft make a difference at the margins of owning a car or a family owning a second car in relatively urban areas, especially those without great taxi service. Take out ridesharing and short-term rentals and there are definitely people who get away without cars today who would probably want/need to get one. ADDED: Their numbers actually suggest something higher because this is just among Lyft's user base. It doesn't count Uber or other ridesharing apps.
• tgarv 9y ago
  Did Lyft claim that the 250k ditched their cars _because_ of ride sharing apps? I didn't see any causality implied in the article, just the number. It's like saying 250k Lyft customers quit smoking last year, it's just a stat based on the user base, I don't think they were claiming to be the main cause of it.
• jonknee 9y ago
  Well that number includes work vehicles, non daily-drivers, collectables, etc. A better place to start would be a survey of how many adults have their own dedicated vehicle.